Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 55:5
5Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me.
Psalms 55:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
- New International Version (NIV)Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.
Context of Psalms 55:5
3because of the enemy’s words, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster on me and harass me in anger. 4My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me. Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me. 6I said, “If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. 7How far away I would flee; I would stay in the wilderness.Selah
Read all of Psalms 55Psalms 55:5 word by word
יִרְאָ֣ה וָ֭רַעַד יָ֣בֹא בִ֑י וַ֝תְּכַסֵּ֗נִי פַּלָּצֽוּת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 55:5
- Psalms 119:120I tremble in awe of you; I fear your judgments.
- 2 Samuel 15:14David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Get up. We have to flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! Leave quickly, or he will overtake us quickly, heap disaster on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
- Job 6:4Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
- Job 23:15Therefore I am terrified in his presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of him.
- Psalms 42:6I am deeply depressed; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
- Psalms 61:2I call to you from the ends of the earth when my heart is without strength. Lead me to a rock that is high above me,
- Psalms 88:15From my youth, I have been suffering and near death. I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.
- Luke 22:44Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Commentaries on Psalms 55:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Fearfulness - How natural is this description! He is in distress; - he mourns; - makes a noise; - sobs and sighs; - his heart is wounded - he expects nothing but death; - this produces fear; - this produces tremor, which terminates in that deep apprehension of approaching and inevitable ruin that overwhelms him with horror. No man ever described a wounded heart like David.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Fearfulness and trembling - Fear so great as to produce trembling. Compare the notes at Job 4:14. He knew not when these things would end. How far the spirit of rebellion had spread he knew not, and he had no means of ascertaining. It seemed as if he would be wholly overthrown; as if his power was wholly at an end; as if even his life was in the greatest peril. And horror hath overwhelmed me - Margin, as in Hebrew, “covered me.” That is; it had come upon…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8In the experience of deep anguish, the psalmist confesses that his adversity has become unbearable and he seeks an escape.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. express great alarm.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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